Basics of Torts-2

Examine remoteness of damages and the direct versus indirect consequences of an act, framed by the Polemis case and the ideas of causa causons and casa sine qua non.

Explore the evolution of nuisance and remoteness in tort law through Polemis and Wagon Mound cases, and the shift toward statutory environmental remedies under the National Green Tribunal.

The lecture explains private, public, and statutory nuisances and the occupier's use of property, with remoteness of damages and foreseeability in focus. It highlights actionable per se relief and injunctions.

Examine private and public nuisance through Hollywood Silver Fox Farm v Emmett. Also cover statutory nuisances and Bhopal mass disaster under the parens patriae framework.

Explore trespass within the law of tort, detailing trespass to land, goods, and the person (including defamation), its actionable per se nature, and the four defining aspects without justification.

Explore the evolution of trespass to person, assault, and battery, and how nuisance, negligence, and statutory acts shape liability. Examine recent cases on privacy, defamation, and emotional damages.

Explore malicious prosecution and abuse of process of law as parallel torts, with civil remedies, penal considerations, and real-world Indian case insights into prosecutorial abuse and compensation.

Examine cyber trespass in the information age, covering cyberspace crimes, Information Technology Act provisions, and evolving state liability and compensation for malicious prosecution, including Kasturi Lal.

Explore defamation law, outlining four essential ingredients—publication, falsehood, lack of lawful justification, and reputational damage—and examine libel, slander, innuendo and injurious falsehood.

Examine Sullivan v. New York Times, which establishes a public figure standard requiring actual malice for defamation and defines the private-person vs public-person distinction in U.S. law.

Explore defamation through three celebrity cases from the UK, India, and the United States, showing how courts address perjury, pre-publication injunctions, and damages in media-driven disputes.

Explore the defenses to defamation, including truth (justification), absolute and qualified privilege, fair comment, non-malice, apology, and burden of proof distinctions in civil and criminal cases.